Improvement in bale-ties



M. GISMITH.

Bale-Tie. I No. 206,362. Patented July 23, 1878.

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IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES? To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Moses (1. SMITH, of Starkville,in the countyof llerliimer a-udState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Bale-Ties for Baling Hay and other similar substances; and

I do hereby declare that. the following is a full,-

clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, and in which i Figure 1 represents a'view of the two ends of a wire bale-tie before being united to clasp and holdt-he bale, as will be hereinafter more fully explained; and Fig. 2 represents the same parts after they have been united to clasp and hold'the bale, as hereinafter described.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to make and use the same, 1: will proceed lodeseribe it more in detail.

.ln the drawings, the parts markedA represent portions of the body of a wire bale-tie sntticient to illustrate my present invention, and the parts marked 0 I) represent the ends of such bale-tic lapped together, as they appear after the tie has been placed about the halo, preparatory to being uni ted togetherin a strong and secure manner, as shown at E 1' Fig. 20f the drawings.

l.he ends (J D are interlocked and twisted together, as shown in Fig. 2, as follows: After the balehas been subjected to the desired pressure in the press, the bale;wires are passed around the bale in its compressed state, one after the other, and the ends-0t each bale-wire are then secured or fastened together by first lapping the ends and then passing the lapped ends at the points (I l) and e (Z into slots in stationary fl-l'lllS, which hold the wire laps at these points from turning while the lapped ends at the points 0 f are passed into a slotted gear, alter which said slotted gear is rotated a few times, thereby forming two twisted or inter locking portions, l". l), oneon each side of the application filed points a f, as fully indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, thereby seeurin g the ends of the bale-tie together and about the bale before the latter is removed from the press in a very secure and expeditious manner. The mechanism for performing the operation having been fully described in Letters Patent gran ted to me J une 6, 1876, no further detailed description thereof is necessary.

It will be seen that the wire does not require any previous manipulation or preparation, excepting to be cut into proper lengths previous to its being used in the pr ass; and,if preferred, the wire could be taken directly from a reel and cutoff after being drawn about the bale.

It will be observed that the bale-tie is a very ellicient one, while its construction is comparatively simple and free from liability of being broken ordisplaoed from the'bale during hand.

ling or shipment of the latter.

I am aware that Letters Patent were granted to A. J. Williams, September 11., 1849, for improvement in heddle-maehines also, that Letters Patent were granted to Oharles W. Goodhue, dated July 25, 1871, for improvement in wire blanks for napkin-rin gs, ('rruet-holders,

an. and I hereby disclaim the inventions and in'iprovements described and shown in "both and each of said Letters Patent; but,

Having described my improvemci'it in wire bale-ties, what. I claim therein as new-and .of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patient, is

l. The herein-described bale-tie A, having its ends 0 l) twisted and locked together, substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified.

2. The mode or process of securingwire baleties about bales of hay or other similar substances while in the press, substantially as shown and described.

MOSES SMITH. \\'itnesses:

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